title: Telemedicine systems in organ transplantation: a feasibility and reliability study of the integrated teleradiological and tele-pathological evaluation of pancreas graft.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine feasibility and reliability of the integrated Tele-Radiological (TRE) and Tele-Pathological (TPE) evaluation of the Pancreas Graft (PG) on Telemedicine Systems (TS).
  
  
  METHODS
  A sensitivity-specificity analysis by a simulation of the TRE of PG on 15 MR abdominal images by a radiologist and of the TPE of PG by 26 specialists based on 130 human PG images assessing damages and lesions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The integrated analysis of TRE and TPE of PG showed: Sensitivity=93.3%, Specificity=100% and Accuracy=95.1%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The TRE integrated with the TPE of PG is feasible and reliable for PG transplant decision support and planning.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Laboratory C.TOUNTAS, Aretaieion University Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).
authors.forename: Constantinos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mammas
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazaris
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geropoulos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saatsakis
authors.forename: Chryssa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemonidou
authors.forename: Eustratios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Patsouris
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018511:Systems Integration; D019113:Telepathology / Q000379:methods*; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014584:User-Computer Interface